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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 03, 1910
Page
4
The piece argues ratepayers should direct protests at school board trustees for school taxation while recognizing the general revenue rate was cut from 101.10 to 95.10 mills. It notes small village funds, salaries, and limited council power, urging greater public oversight of school spending and council openness.
The text urges that five true statements be established and three be eliminated. It calls for regular meetings and publication of a report on business and monthly expenses so rate payers can understand the use of additional funds. It notes the annual meeting approaches and asks ratepayers to prepare to share views.
The article urges farmers to take extreme precautions when setting prairie fires due to an exceptionally dry year. It notes several fires and the heavy losses of hay and grain stacks, barns, and even houses, and warns that the land is highly inflammable with many areas lacking even basic fire guards.
The article argues storm windows help defend homes against cold while stressing ventilation in sleeping rooms. It notes air exhaled is not reusable and calls attention to high tuberculosis deaths in Manitoba, suggesting poor ventilation as a contributing factor.
The Winnipeg Telegram notes a tax uplift added when payments miss a fixed date, calling it municipal usury. It argues the charge is unfair as the capable payer pays less, while those in hardship face a higher burden, urging a reduction from its high level, as quoted by the Minnedosa Tribune.
Thos. Horn succeeds his father as chief grain inspector in Winnipeg. A two million bushel terminal elevator has been erected by the C P R at Victoria Harbor. The C N R is charged with responsibility for forest fires that recently devastated Northern Minnesota near Rainy River. An English history of 1757 uncovered in Washington archives mentions a north pole discovery in 1360 by Nicholas de Linna.
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